Margaret Josephine Adams

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Margaret Josephine Adams (Sanders)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Jasper, Walker County, Alabama, USA, Jasper, Walker County, Alabama, United States
Death: October 10, 2001 (91)
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, United States
Place of Burial: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Colonel Sanders - Harland David Sanders and Josephine Sanders
Wife of Private and James Trigg Adams, Sr
Mother of Harland Morrison Adams; Private and Frances Josephine Wurster
Sister of Harland David Sanders, Jr; Mildred Marie Ruggles; Mildred Marie Ruggles and Stillborn Son Sanders

Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Margaret Josephine Adams

The eldest daughter of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders.She referred to herself "spicy daughter" in a book she wrote. She sold cars in Florida.She worked as a Kentucky Fried Chicken waitress in Salt Lake City.She ran a body relaxation treatment business in Lexington,She worked in a gun plant and acted in Louisville.She also helped start an eye bank in New York City.She sulpted many famous people.Her sculpture of her father overlooks his grave in Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery.But it was her book that drew international attention.In book,"The Colonel's Secret,"published in 1996,Ms.Sanders brought out family skeletons.It included some disclosure of the colonel's sex life and the fact that he had had"a mistress."Ms.Sanders,who later was the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchiser for Florida,took credit for the concept of takeout fried chicken."Mom hated to cook.That's why she started the takeout concept,"said her daughter,Josephine Wurster of Ocean Ridge,Fla. The Boston Globe,10/14/2001.By Associated Press.,10/14/2001.

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  • Residence: 1910 - Sheffield Ward 3, Colbert, Alabama, United States
  • Residence: Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
  • Residence: 1920 - Jeffersonville Ward 3, Clark, Indiana, United States
  • Residence: 1930 - Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
  • Residence: 1935 - Same House
  • Residence: 1940 - Magisterial District 4, Laurel, Kentucky, United States
  • Residence: Dec 8 1975 - Miami, Florida
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Margaret Josephine Adams's Timeline

1910
March 29, 1910
Jasper, Walker County, Alabama, USA, Jasper, Walker County, Alabama, United States
1932
November 26, 1932
Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States, Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States
1936
December 14, 1936
Madison, Kentucky, United States
2001
October 10, 2001
Age 91
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, United States
October 2001
Age 91
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States